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University-born company Niron Magnetics receives $17.5M DOE grant
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Niron Magnetics, a company founded by University of Minnesota Twin Cities Professor Jian-Ping Wang, received $17.5M from the U.S. Department of Energy to fund production of its sustainable magnets.
Professor Leighton to lead NSF-sponsored Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC)
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Professor Chris Leighton has been appointed as the new director of the National Science Foundation-sponsored Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC).
Professor's group wins 10-Year Impact Award for location-based recommendation research
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The recognition, Mohamed Mokbel’s second such honor, was presented by the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Spatial Information for significant value in the field over the past decade.
Associate Professor Lars Hansen receives prestigious American Geophysical Union award
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University of Minnesota Twin Cities Associate Professor Lars Hansen is one of five scientists nationwide to win a 2022 American Geophysical Union James B. Macelwane Medal, which honors the recipients’ significant contributions to the earth and space science fields.
U of M leading $1 million grant to build superfast ‘TURBO’ telescopes
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A team led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers and undergraduate students is constructing two sets of telescopes that will open a new window into the collisions of neutron stars and black holes.
University of Minnesota awarded nearly $22M to lead two Energy Frontier Research Centers
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Two new University of Minnesota Twin Cities-led Energy Frontier Research Centers will bring together engineers and scientists from across the country to develop promising technologies for storing carbon dioxide and making catalytic chemical reactions more efficient and sustainable.
Q&A with Knauss Fellowship finalist Celina Harris
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Chemistry grad student Celina Harris will spend 2023 at a federal office in Washington, D.C. focused on national policy for ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources.
UMN receives $3 million for interdisciplinary NSF Research Traineeship program
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The University of Minnesota Twin Cities received a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to implement an interdisciplinary, cross-college research traineeship program that aims to better educate students on topics including sustainability, resource conservation, waste upcycling, and community impact.
UMN-led team receives $1.4M Keck Foundation grant to study possible breakthrough in quantum computing
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A team led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities Associate Professor Vlad Pribiag has received an award from the W. M. Keck Foundation to study a new process that could lead to a breakthrough in quantum computing.
CSE professor Larry Que elected to the National Academy of Sciences
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Larry Que is a Regents and Distinguished University Teaching Professor in the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Department of Chemistry who has made a tremendous impact in the field of bioinorganic chemistry.